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Battle of Lexington and Concord
Was the Kick off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83), hundreds of British troops marched form Boston to nearby Concord in order to seize an arms cache. Paul Revere and others riders sounded the alarm. Militiamen began mobilizing to intercept the redcoat column. British soon retreated under intense fire. American colonist won. -
Battle of Bunker Hill ( Breed's Hill)
Early in the revolutionary war, at the battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperience colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. The British defeated the Americans, because the ran out of ammunition. -
Battle of Long Island
The British Army successfully moved against the American Continental Army led by George Washington. The battlewas part of a British campaign to seize control of New York and thereby isolate New England from the rest of the colonies. Washington’s defeat could have led to the surrender of his entire force, but his ingenuity instead allowed him to escape and continue the fight. -
Battle of Trenton and Princeton
General George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton on January 3. The victories reasserted American control of much of New Jersey. -
The battle of Saratoga
The two Battles of Saratoga were a turning point in the War. On September 19th, British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and Benedict Arnold. Though his troop strength had been weakened, Burgoyne again attacked the Americans at Bemis Heights on October 7th, but this time was defeated and forced to retreat. He surrendered ten days later, and the American victory convinced the French government to enter the war as their ally. -
Battle of Vincennes
The Siege of Fort Vincennes (also known as the Siege of Fort Sackville or the Battle of Vincennes) was a Revolutionary War frontier battle fought in present-day Vincennes, Indiana won by a militia led by American commander George Rogers Clark over a British garrison led by Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton. -
Battle of Bonhomme Richard vs. Serapis
During the American Revolution, U.S ship Bonhomme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, wins a fight engagement against the British ships of war Serapis and countless of scarborough, off the eastern coast of England. -
Battle of Charleston
Was a major engagement fought during the American Revolution. The British, following the collapse of their northern strategy and their withdrawal from Philadelphia, shifted their focus to the american Southern colonies. American suffer the worst defeat of the revolution on this day in 1780, with unconditional surrender of Major General Benjamin Lincoln to British Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton and his army of 10,000. -
Battle of Guilford Courthouse
Although British troops under Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis (1738-1805) scored a tactical victory at Guilford Courthouse over American forces under Major General Greene (1742-86), the British suffered significant troop losses during the battle. -
Battle of Yorktown
General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and Continental troops, begins the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops. Cornwallis did not go to the formal surrender ceremony, on October 19. His second in command, General Charles O’Hara, carried his sword to the American and French commanders. The Patriot victory ended the war. Peace negotiations began and the Treaty of Paris was signed.
